H&H ads back in the day

[tinselbobs]

This thread has brought back so many memories! I was a horse mad girl, with no access to horses at all.

I used to buy h&h, and scour the adverts. I’d cut out the ones I liked the look of and stick them into a scrapbook. I’d use that as my “fantasy stable” and make up stories about all my different horses.

If it was chestnut it almost certainly made it into the scrapbook and both my horses as an adult have been chestnut

 

[tristars]

I bought a colt from h and hound ad
Looked for some years without success but there he was and bought him unseen

Still have him 22 years later thanks h and h

have a copy of h and hound from 1937 a different world

 

[Gloi]

I advertised one with a 2 line ad and he was sold by 9am on publication day.

 

[Kaylum]

In the 80s and early 90s we waited for the Yorkshire Post Equestrian Section on a Saturday morning. It was full of horse ads. You had to be quick to get on the phone to the sellers to make an appointment.

 

[equinerebel]

I bought one from my local paper in 2009. Had a photo and a very short description. Wasn’t a happy horse, but had a happy ending.

 

[LEC]

We used to get photos sent in the post… you would ring up and if liked sound but a long trip get them to send photos.

Most of the time you wouldn’t travel further than 2 hours and try and see a few on same day.

The other thing is you were not dealing with total novices in horse world on the whole. It was a bit of a different world to it is now.

 

[ycbm]

I bought one or two but I sold quite a few. Farmers Guardian was another one with a lot of lineage ads for horses. And Loot.
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[rabatsa]

The free ads were the dragon driving of its day.

 

[Wizardsnecklace]

Last advert in H&H in March 1996. Section C Yearling colt. £500, and phone number. He will be 30 on May 8th.